Public Health in the Blogosphere

A blog is a website with regular entries commonly organized in a reverse chronological order.



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Aetiology

• Author: Tara C. Smith
• Description: "Aetiology is a web log discussing a wide variety of issues pertaining to the science of biology. While much of the focus is on the epidemiology of infectious disease or general microbiology, these are fields that lend themselves to discussion of a much wider range of topics: general epidemiology, vaccines, medicine, public health, pseudoscience, and politics, just to name a handful."
• Quality: Member of the Sciencebolgs.com Network.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Public Health Matters Blog

• Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Description: "The exciting public health work of preventing and controlling infectious diseases."
• Quality: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. It is also accredited by HONcode.

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Commonwealth Conversations - Public Health

• Author: Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Description: "Sharing ideas and working together to build a healthier Massachusetts"
• Quality: "Blog of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health."

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Covering Health

• Author: Association of Health Care Journalists
• Description: "Covering Health is a blog maintained by the Association of Health Care Journalists. It is intended to help keep journalists who report on health and health care issues informed about the latest news in the field, aware of noteworthy stories and reports, and able to connect with colleagues."
• Quality: The blog is maintained by the Association of Health Care Journalists.

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Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG

• Author: Dr. Buttery
• Description: Latest news and articles about public health.
• Quality: It has been regularly updated since 2005.

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Enviroblog

• Author: Elaine Shannon, Lisa Frack, Olga Naidenko
• Description: "Smart discussion of the latest science and news on toxins in your food, water, and air, and what government agencies should be doing to protect public health."
• Quality: Here is the Editorial Board.

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Get Ready BLOG

• Author: Get Ready Team (APHA)
• Description: "Get Ready campaign works to help all Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all hazards, including pandemic flu, infectious diseases and other health emergencies."
• Quality: Sponsored by the American Public Health Associatiom

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Global Health Ideas

• Author: Aman, Jaspal, Farzaneh, Ben, Rohan
• Description: "We want to bring together public health advocates, teachers, engineers, computer scientists and business/technology experts who may not normally interact in order to combine forces."
• Quality: It has been updated since 2006, member of the Medpedia network, has clear description and contact information.

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Global Health Policy

• Author: Contributors are listed here
• Description: "Global Health Policy is a group blog discussing the issues facing the donor community on everything from HIV/AIDS financing to pharmaceutical R&D to broader health systems concerns."
• Quality: The blog has a detailed description about its mission and the editorial board; and has clear contact information.

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Pulse + Signal

• Author: Andre Blackman
• Description: "I’m excited about how technology and new ways of thinking can impact the field of public health. I like to highlight individuals, organizations and projects that come up with great ideas on empowering communities to lead better, healthier lives. Tools such as social media, mobile technologies and integrated offline engagement are becoming very necessary to create the effective dialogues needed for lasting impact."
• Quality: The blog has been updated since 2007, has blog description, author and contact information.

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Reporting on Health - Barbara Feder Ostrov's Health Journalism Blog

• Author: Barbara Feder Ostrov
• Description: "ReportingonHealth.org offers professional resources and online community for journalists covering health issues. We're nonprofit, nonpartisan and educational."
• Quality: Part of University of Southern California.

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Reporting on Health - The Reporting on Health Daily Briefing

• Author: Barbara Feder Ostrov
• Description: "ReportingonHealth.org offers professional resources and online community for journalists covering health issues. We're nonprofit, nonpartisan and educational."
• Quality: Part of the University of Southern California

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Stayin' Alive

• Author: Unknown.
• Description: "Discussion of public health and health care policy, from a public health perspective."
• Quality: It has been frequently update since 2004.

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The Pump Handle

• Author: Liz Borkowski and Celeste Monforton
• Description: "The Pump Handle is a place for people interested in public health and the environment to discuss the issues that interest us."
• Quality: Member of the Scienceblogs Network.

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